91.   Final Four bids still are nothing but a dream.

92.   Haley said the bids were low enough to insure that the state could move ahead promptly with the tunnel project.

93.   He felt his bid was in the ballpark.

94.   Hilton has agreed to license the Sheraton name to hotel franchiser HFS Inc. if its bid is successful.

95.   Her bid never was in serious contention, according to those familiar with the sale.

96.   Hostile bids are rare in the genteel world of banking, but what is especially unusual is that Banc One did not especially want to buy Bank of Boston.

97.   Hostile bids are still rare, but a new law next year will make it harder to fight them.

98.   Hostile bids have been rare in banking, since they are frowned upon by regulators as too disruptive.

99.   However, analysts said the AGF-Agnelli bid is likely to succeed -- in part because the Generali bid for AGF, analysts said.

100.   Hostile bids for banks are extremely rare and any takeover of Medford Bancorp would require a two-thirds majority vote of shareholders.